Editing 1797 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 3]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Tripoli]], a peace treaty between the [[United States]] and [[Ottoman Tripolitania]], is signed at [[Algiers]] (''see also'' [[1796]]).
* [[January 7]] &ndash; The parliament of the [[Cisalpine Republic]] adopts the Italian green-white-red tricolour as their official flag (this is considered the birth of the [[flag of Italy]]).
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Action of 13 January 1797]], part of the [[War of the First Coalition]]: Two British [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]]s, [[HMS Indefatigable (1784)|HMS ''Indefatigable'']] and [[HMS Amazon (1795)|HMS ''Amazon'']], drive the French [[Seventy-four (ship)|74-gun]] [[ship of the line]] ''[[French ship Droits de l'Homme (1794)|Droits de l'Homme]]'' aground on the coast of [[Brittany]], resulting in over 900 deaths.
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[War of the First Coalition]] &ndash; [[Battle of Rivoli]]: French forces under General [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] defeat an Austrian army of 28,000 men, under ''[[General of the branch|Feldzeugmeister]]'' [[József Alvinczi]], near [[Rivoli Veronese|Rivoli]] (modern-day [[Italy]]), ending [[Austria]]'s fourth and final attempt to relieve the fortress city of [[Mantua]].
* [[January 26]] &ndash; The Treaty of the [[Third Partition of Poland]] is signed in St. Petersburg by the [[Russian Empire]], [[Hapsburg Monarchy|Austria]] and the [[Kingdom of Prussia]]. 
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Siege of Mantua (1796–97)|Siege of Mantua]]: Field marshal [[Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser|Dagobert von Wurmser]] surrenders the fortress city to the French; only 16,000 men of the [[garrison]] are capable of marching out as prisoners of war.
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Battle of Faenza]]: A French corps (9,000 men) under General [[Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno|Claude Victor-Perrin]] defeats the forces from the [[Papal States]], at [[Castel Bolognese]] near [[Faenza]], [[Italy]].
* [[February 4]] &ndash; The [[1797 Riobamba earthquake|Riobamba earthquake]] in Ecuador, estimated magnitude 8.3, causes up to 40,000 casualties.
* [[February 12]] &ndash; "[[Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser]]" is first performed, with the music composed in January by [[Joseph Haydn]], which also becomes the tune to the [[Deutschlandlied]], the German national anthem (''Deutschland, Deutschland über alles'', later ''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'').
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]]: The British [[Royal Navy]] under Admiral Sir [[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent|John Jervis]] defeats a larger Spanish fleet off [[Cape St. Vincent]], Portugal.
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Invasion of Trinidad (1797)|Invasion of Trinidad]]: Spanish Governor [[José María Chacón]] peacefully surrenders the colony of [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad]] to a British naval force, commanded by Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]].
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Tolentino]]: [[Pope Pius VI]] signs a peace treaty with [[French Revolution|Revolutionary France]]. He is forced to deliver works of art, treasures, territory, the [[Comtat Venaissin]] and 30 million francs. 
* [[February 22]] &ndash; The [[last invasion of Britain]] begins: French forces, under the command of American Colonel [[William Tate (soldier)|William Tate]], land near [[Fishguard]], Wales.
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[William Tate (soldier)|William Tate]] surrenders to the British at Fishguard.
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Bank Restriction Act 1797|Bank Restriction Act]] removes the requirement for the [[Bank of England]] (the national bank of Great Britain) to convert banknotes into gold - Restriction period lasts until 1821. The Bank of England issues the first [[Bank of England £1 note|one-pound]] and two-pound notes (pound notes discontinued [[March 11]], [[1988]]).
* [[March 5]] &ndash; Protestant missionaries from the [[London Missionary Society]] land in [[Tahiti]], from the ''[[Duff (1794 ship)|Duff]]'' (celebrated as [[Missionary Day]] in [[French Polynesia]]).
* [[March 13]] &ndash; ''[[Médée (Cherubini)|Médée]]'', an opera by [[Luigi Cherubini]], is premiered in Paris.
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Battle of Valvasone (1797)|Battle of Valvasone]]: The Austrian army, led by [[Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen|Archduke Charles]], fights a [[rearguard]] action at the crossing of the [[Tagliamento]] River, but is defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at [[Valvasone]].
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Battle of Parramatta]]: Resistance leader [[Pemulwuy]] led a group of [[Aboriginal Australians|aboriginal]] warriors, estimated to be at least 100, in an attack on a government farm at [[Toongabbie]] in [[Sydney]], Australia.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun Herald|date=2008-02-16|url=http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/archives/2008/03/who_we_are_the_11.html|title=Who We Are: The man who nearly changed everything|first=David|last=Dale|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623080301/http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/archives/2008/03/who_we_are_the_11.html|archive-date=June 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=J. Henniker|last=Heaton|title=Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time|location=Sydney|year=1873}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Al|last1=Grassby|first2=Marji|last2=Hill|title=Six Australian Battlefields|location=North Ryde|publisher=Angus & Robertson|year=1988|page=99}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pemulwuy |url=https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/pemulwuy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309035825/https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/pemulwuy |archive-date=9 March 2022 |access-date=14 August 2022 |website=www.nma.gov.au |publisher=[[National Museum of Australia]] |language=en |publication-place=Canberra, Australia}}</ref>